174 First Annual Report 
MALLOPHAGA FROM BIRDS AT LAGUNA 
BEACH, CALIFORNIA 
JOHN H. PAINE 
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. CALIFORNIA 
The following list of determinations, with one new species, was 
made from material collected at Laguna Beach, California, by Mr. 
Leon Gardner. 
Docophorus communis Nitzsch 
A number of specimens from Zamelodia melanocephala, the 
Black-headed Grosbeak. 
Docophorus lari Denny 
Two specimens from Larus occidentalis, the common Western 
Herring Gull. 
Docophorus excisus var. major Kellogg 
One female of this species, with its curiously incised clypeus, 
from Petrochelidon lunifrons, the Cliff Swallow. 
Nirmus foedus Kellogg and Chapman 
Specimens from Zenaidura macroura, Sayornis nigricans semi- 
atra and Tyrannus verticalis. 
Nirmus splendidus Kellogg 
A number of specimens from the California Thrasher, Toxostoma 
redivivum, and from the Roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus. 
Nirmus maritimus Kellogg and Chapman 
A large number of specimens from Ptychoramphus aleuticus, the 
Cassin Auklet. 
Nirmus fuscus Nitsch 
Two individuals from a Sparrow Hawk (Falco sparverius desert- 
icola). 
Nirmus longus Kellogg 
Six specimens from Petrochelidon lunifrons. 
Lipeurus baculoides n. sp. 
(Figure 95) 
Numerous males and females from the mourning dove, Zenaidura 
macroura. This species resembles L. baculus, the common parasite 
of pigeons, possessing the two modified hairs on the elypeus, a char- 
